Archive timeline
1999
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 1999, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 1999
- DECEMBER 1, 1999New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
In December, Bret Bestic, regional manager of Auckland...
In December, Bret Bestic, regional manager of Auckland Prison at Paremoremo for the last 16 months, said: "There are people who are exceptionally violent and show little or no remorse and there is a strong case for capital punishment for those people
- DECEMBER 1, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On December 1, a campaign was promoted to raise the...
On December 1, a campaign was promoted to raise the sum of R 5 million ($1
- DECEMBER 1, 1999BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
In October, the new draft bill providing for capital...
In October, the new draft bill providing for capital punishment in extreme cases of violence against women and children was sharply criticized by both fundamentalist and progressive groups in Bangladesh
- DECEMBER 1, 1999ItalyDEATH PENALTY
In December, Rocco's mother Jane Barnabei, came to...
In December, Rocco's mother Jane Barnabei, came to Italy to try and raise the money to cover the cost of new DNA tests
- DECEMBER 1, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
In December, the head of the UN civilian mission in...
In December, the head of the UN civilian mission in Kosovo, Bernard Kouchner, issued a decree proclaiming that the laws in force in Kosovo before 1989, the year the province was stripped off its autonomy, will be in force there in conjunction with all the
- DECEMBER 1, 1999BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
In December, according to Cumhuriyet, the Public Prosecutor's...
In December, according to Cumhuriyet, the Public Prosecutor's Office in Istanbul has officially requested the extradition of Yalcin Ozbey, one of the key figures in the Abdi Ipekci murder, from Belgium
- DECEMBER 1, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On December 1, the European Court of Human Rights which...
On December 1, the European Court of Human Rights which accepted the application of Ocalan's lawyers for a cautionary measure, asked Turkey to postpone his death penalty until the procedures were finalized at the Court
- DECEMBER 1, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 1, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan accused...
On December 1, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan accused the Taliban of taking severe and cruel steps against civilians, including the execution of women and children, torching of houses, plunder and looting, and forced labor as well as expulsion of people
- DECEMBER 1, 1999IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
In December, at least 136 police were involved in drug...
In December, at least 136 police were involved in drug abuse and 6 were brought to a military court
- DECEMBER 1, 1999IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
On December 1, the Commission for the Investigation...
On December 1, the Commission for the Investigation of Human Rights Abuses in East Timor said in an interim report that the Indonesian Military (TNI) was directly or indirectly involved in extrajudicial executions in the ravaged territory of East Timor af
- DECEMBER 1, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
In December, a juvenile accused of murder escaped execution...
In December, a juvenile accused of murder escaped execution after having been pardoned by the father of the victim
- DECEMBER 1, 1999LatviaDEATH PENALTY
In December, a poll by the private EMOR polling firm,...
In December, a poll by the private EMOR polling firm, showed support for capital punishment in Latvia as being 58 %
- DECEMBER 1, 1999KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
In December, members of the ethnic Uighur community...
In December, members of the ethnic Uighur community of Central Asia expressed their concern and protested over the activities of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the unlawful deportation of three citizens of China of Uighur nationality: Ham
- DECEMBER 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
On December 1, the nation's civic groups called on...
On December 1, the nation's civic groups called on the Government to bring seven North Korean defectors detained in Russia to South Korea
- DECEMBER 1, 1999South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
In December, a group of Korean lawmakers was moving...
In December, a group of Korean lawmakers was moving to ban the death penalty for the first time in the nation's history
- DECEMBER 1, 1999KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
In December, members of the ethnic Uighur community...
In December, members of the ethnic Uighur community in the Kyrgyzstan called upon China to end "human rights violations" in the Xinjiang-Uighur Autonomous Region of the PRC
- DECEMBER 1, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
In December, 5 members of the Japanese Red Army, who...
In December, 5 members of the Japanese Red Army, who are in prison for forging residency permits and for illegal residence in Lebanon, are wanted by the Japanese government on terrorism charges and could face death sentences if extradited to Japan
- DECEMBER 1, 1999Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In December, Chan Wing-hung, 45, a Hong Kong businessman...
In December, Chan Wing-hung, 45, a Hong Kong businessman who spent six months fighting from his Macao jail cell against extradition and a possible death sentence on the mainland, has chosen instead to be tried on the mainland because he believes he will g
- DECEMBER 1, 1999TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
In December, the Khatlon Regional Court sentenced to...
In December, the Khatlon Regional Court sentenced to death 3 leaders of a subversive group of 18 people:
- DECEMBER 1, 1999ThailandDEATH PENALTY
In December, Israeli Foreign Minister David Levi tried...
In December, Israeli Foreign Minister David Levi tried to persuade the Thai authorities not to execute two Israelis - Yosef Ohana and Avraham Huri - who were sentenced to death in 1997 for trying to smuggle 2
- DECEMBER 1, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
In December, Vietnam's National Assembly approved further...
In December, Vietnam's National Assembly approved further amendments to the country's penal code that were expected to cut by a third the number of crimes punishable by death
- DECEMBER 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
In early December, the Privy Council in London, the...
In early December, the Privy Council in London, the final court of appeal for many former British territories, dismissed appeals by Higgs and Mitchell
- DECEMBER 1, 1999CanadaDEATH PENALTY
In December, the Hon
In December, the Hon
- DECEMBER 1, 1999ChadDEATH PENALTY
In December, former Chadian President Goukouni Weddeye...
In December, former Chadian President Goukouni Weddeye launched in Paris a major politico-military movement grouping over 10 opposition bodies with a view to fighting against the "dictatorial regime of President Idriss Derby in order to effect the necessa
- DECEMBER 1, 1999EritreaDEATH PENALTY
In December, the Eritrean Human Rights Organization...
In December, the Eritrean Human Rights Organization reported deterioration in free expression in Eritrea where confiscation of property and enforceable conscription of children and old men in the war are rife
- DECEMBER 1, 1999EritreaDEATH PENALTY
Also in December, Presidential Adviser Yemane Gebremeskel...
Also in December, Presidential Adviser Yemane Gebremeskel strongly rejected Ethiopian claims that its citizens in Eritrea were being denied freedom of movement
- DECEMBER 1, 1999NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
In December, the Nigerian state was beginning to act...
In December, the Nigerian state was beginning to act against officials of previous regimes, responsible for crimes over a 13-year period
- DECEMBER 1, 1999TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
In December, the Director of Criminal Investigations...
In December, the Director of Criminal Investigations Commissioner of Police, Adadi Rajabu, released names of the 60 Tanzanians who were in foreign police custody after they were found guilty of being involved in illicit drug trafficking
- DECEMBER 1, 1999MarylandDEATH PENALTY
On December 1, about 70 people had a conversation with...
On December 1, about 70 people had a conversation with two men on death row by phone in the University of Maryland's Nyumburu Cultural Center
- DECEMBER 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In December, 6 Chinese gang members were to be executed...
In December, 6 Chinese gang members were to be executed for killing 77 people in a murder, rape and robbery spree